THE ROAD TO PRODUCTION!

The webpage onleaving.com has just been launched it was put out there as I was showing some work in Dublin Castle yesterday and I wanted my audience there to come up to speed quickly about what I do. Also I want the book to be a success and I suppose that is measured for me in how many copies I can move in the first two months or so.
Another reason is that the De Luxe edition will only be 150 in number with 27 of them reserved already it might be a good idea to reserve yours before it hits the shops.
You will get it at the good price of €150 and for that you will get a numbered signed copy of the book in a beautifully orange cloth case and a signed and numbered print of a shot from the "Leaving  Dublin" series.This book of over 300 pages will feature all 84 images from the leaving Dublin series,an edit of the empty Spaces series and an edit of the visitation series along side critical,historical,literary and personal essays and other intriguing information from the life of this compelling project.
It is important for me to stress that anybody who pledged support in the crowd funding campaign can upgrade their contribution to the De luxe edition from their initial contribution.If you wish to do this email me direct at dmon@me.com for instructions.
With limited numbers and only one print run of this edition.
This will be the one for sure!
In getting the last few shots together for the book I visited the S.C.R. Dublin, La Défense,Paris and Portlaoise.It is and still remains the biggest run of my life cramming so much activity into one year and making huge efforts to make things happen and happen in the right way.
From here it would appear that all is still on track and the book will be available for launch within the first two weeks of November.

It was a great pleasure to meet with Jose Carlos Lorenzo He returned to Dublin after some time spent in Miami Florida,USA.He has now left Ireland for Barcelona,in his own native Spain.We had a great chat and of course a fantastic laugh talking in the Garden at Noshington cafe on the S.C.R. in Dublin.
Success will follow him to Spain for sure!
Shortly after this shoot I was  spending some time with family in France when I got a  mail from Paris which left me with no alternative than to travel there by car and get a photograph of Emmanuelle Pinjon and her now Husband Guglielmo Casu as they are now happily awaiting twins!
We met close to there home at the Grande Arch of La Défense and wow what a big arch it is!
They appeared happy, confident and well settled into Parisian life after a couple of years.I look forward to see how things progress with the arrival of their babies.

Lastly a trip to a Portlaoise brought me face to face with a now dear friend whom I last saw in Perth Western Australia almost 2 years ago.That persson was Elaine Bannon . It was a total pleasure to stay for a couple of hours with Elaine as she prepared to jet back to Perth and I left her Mothers house with a bag full of the nicest apples from the tree she is pictured beside. I have placed her beside another dear friend  Keiko  Furamoto who saved me a trip to Japan by  visiting Dublin a couple of months ago.This is how these images may appear in the upcoming book the one that I will start posting about now,in earnest.

 It would be great if you  posted all upcoming posts from me and shared them freely with all of your social networks as I feel this would greatly contribute to getting the word out there about the upcoming publication pictured above.

IS IT A GOOD TIME FOR A RANT?

In Ireland over the last 10 years so many industries have closed down as investors shifted their favour from production to speculation.This was fueled by light financial regulation,reckless abandonment of credit standards,and the euros european controlled low interest rates.
These pillars were exploited to the full extent and beyond by those in a position to do so to the detrement of our society.
This is evident in the planned development for Moore street and the jury’s of ballsbridge plan which planned to close a viable hotel and several other buildings,demolish and build a new quarter just because the numbers looked good for profit generation!!.On the other side of the fence,countless people became long distance commuters forced into overpriced housing far from their places of work, and now are trapped in a negative equity box,some isolated from their previous social support structures.
The building business was swollen and propped up our labour market until it too burst.
the results of this flood is still now being felt.
Although this speculative phase has largely been removed from ireland by economic crash
we could still become victims of the International speculative system as countless well resourced number crunchers around the globe exploit the weak in the name of trading numbers.The EURO itself is under pressure and although it would appear unlikely at the moment a domino topple starting at Greece could bring the system into question.
Closer to home a lot of people are still Leaving Dublin.
Last wednesday Night I was joined by Keiko Furamoto a talented paper conservator from Japan. She loved living in Dublin and had planned to settle here but alas it was not to be
and she returned to Japan a year and a half ago.she has returned twice to be with her friends in Dublin who she misses dearly

here is what she had to say about herself“I was awarded 2007-8 Heritage Council Internship -the first conservation intern to be supported by the Heritage Council at the NLI. I worked at the NLI from Oct 2007 to the end of August 2008.
During my stay, I was offered a year extention at the NLI but my work permit wasn't renewed as it had been stated.
I applied for a maternity leave cover position at Trinity college and the job was offered but
my work permit didn't come through. So I left Dublin in the mid Nov 2008.
Since Dec 2008, I am working for the Handa Kyuseido Company Ltd, Oriental Painting Conservation Studio.”
The people of my leaving dublin project are represetitive of the human face of irelands problems.Keiko’s situation is a direct result of our countries attitude to non Europeans.Even when people have a lot to offer our society they are treated with hostility by the governments authorities. A sad reality which will hamper the the enricment of our society.
On the night Artur Sikora Carried the torch and shone it beautifully.
We also met some beautiful people who held back shifting gear from whelans venue until we had the shot Horrah for people!!!

Sorry for so many words but the photographs do need a little contextualisation.
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IS IT A GOOD TIME FOR A RANT?
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